Financial services


Google, Microsoft cofound DMARC to better defend email authentication

January 31, 2012

Companies such as Google, AOL, Return Path and Microsoft have founded DMARC – Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance – a networking group dedicated to reducing the threat of email spam, called “phishing.”


Four Seasons Private Residences restructures pricing options to get out of slump

January 19, 2012

The Four Seasons Private Residences in Denver has restructured its pricing system to help convince affluent consumers that a primary or second-home purchase is a good investment in today’s unstable economy.

Lexus goes for mobile payments with financial services app

January 3, 2012

Toyota Corp.’s Lexus aims for easier, stress-free mobile payments by introducing the myLFS application for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Top 10 luxury branded videos of 2011

December 29, 2011

Video is arguably the most effective way for any luxury marketer to correctly showcase products by taking advantage of sight, sound and motion. This year in luxury branded videos was definitely one for the books.

BMW Financial Services encourages green thinking with Olympics 2012 sweepstakes

December 16, 2011

German automaker BMW’s Financial Services group is encouraging its customers to go green and register for email alerts and online statements with the chance to win various experiential prizes including two tickets to the 2012 Olympics in London.

Email open rates up 7.8pc year over year: Epsilon

December 8, 2011

Email open rates were up 7.1 percent in the third quarter which is a good sign for luxury brands that intend to use email blasts as part of their holiday marketing campaigns.

38pc of consumers use mobile to make a purchase: comScore

December 8, 2011

Thirty-eight percent of smartphone owners have used their device to make a purchase, according to a study from comScore.

New Luxury Briefing supplement aims to build connections in luxury industry

November 1, 2011

London-based publication Luxury Briefing announced the launch of a quarterly magazine supplement called Luxury Connections during its Wealth Summit last week in London.

Top 10 luxury branded mobile apps of Q3

October 6, 2011

Luxury automakers, publishers, hoteliers and fashion designers have made their mark in the mobile space in the third quarter, developing applications that engage, entertain and inform a bevy of affluent consumers.

Mercedes, BMW, Louis Vuitton among top 100 global brands: Interbrand

October 5, 2011

Luxury brands Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Louis Vuitton topped the luxury sector’s list of global brands in 2011, according to a report from Interbrand.